Bayou Bridge is another dangerous pipeline from a company that’s shown complete disregard for Indigenous rights, the land and water, and our climate. If approved, the project will run though 11 parishes and cross around 600 acres of wetlands and 700 bodies of water, including wells that reportedly provide drinking water for some 300,000 families.

“We applaud the courts for protecting our laws and regulations from undue political influence and will ask the court to shut down pipeline operations immediately,” said Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II.

Water protectors celebrated a "very significant victory" on Wednesday as a federal judge deemed safety evaluations of the Dakota Access Pipeline insufficient and ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to "reconsider" its analysis

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In February, a federal grand jury issued indictments of four Standing Rock water protectors on charges of Federal Civil Disorder and Use of Fire to Commit a Federal Crime.
The federal

South Dakota — The battle was lost, but apparently the war continues on for water protectors who are still trying to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
The Associated Press is reporting that suspected vandals, possibly individuals from the

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Nick Bernabe is an activist, journalist, social media guru and defender of independent media. He also helped start and promote the global March Against Monsanto and the No War With Syria Rallies. He helped promote and organize the March Against Corruption, March Against Mainstream Media, and the Rallies to End The Fed. Nick is the founder of TheAntiMedia.org, a social network and news outlet for independent journalists and news junkies and host of The Anti-Media radio show.

(REPORT) --- U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has rejected the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe’s request to halt the last section of the Dakota Access pipeline.
As they have before, the tribe argued the pipeline’s construction would lead to the desecration of their sacred lands and water. Since it would be built under Lake Oahe in

The memo was suspended weeks ago by the Trump administration in an attempt to quash the legal analysis done by the department of interior before Trump was inaugurated, but recently resurfaced in a related court case.

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Indigenous water protectors at Standing Rock, who have fought construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, are surrounded by militarized police forces. They face an

The company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has resumed construction on the controversial project despite massive protests and legal battles.
Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) spokesperson Vicki Granado on Thursday confirmed that the company began working on the